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I was considering accepting this on the basis that states would actually be able to hold their representatives more accountable.....(which it seemingly won't)
Which it would. More closely, the idea is that the senate would counter the house so the house does not run wild with federal ideas.
I just don't see a compelling reason to take the vote away from the individual citizen and hand it to governor or legislature. Also, it'd create a winner takes all political environment. Say a GOP governor is running and he has a slim majority in a Democratic state. It only takes that marginal amount of persons that don't want to lose their Democratic senators to swing it back the other way. And if the situation was reversed you might have to vote for a GOP governor you don't like to keep Republican Senators that you do like. That's just a mess. The 17th amendment is a good amendment.
I think you promoted the repeal of the 17th amendment under the guise of states rights but it truly does nothing to give states back power. Giving a governor power instead of a voter is not giving states power.